Chapter Five: The Hayloft Chamber

  Carrying a bag of goods, Lu Shao Yu felt that the contents of this bag seemed to be salt. He turned his head to look at Lu Xiao Bai, who was carrying a bag and couldn't straighten his waist, and said: "What's wrong, is it very heavy?"

  "Young master, no, sir, how did you suddenly gain so much strength? This bag of salt is 120 pounds! You couldn't even lift it before." Lu Xiaobai said in surprise as he watched Lu Shaoyou easily carry a bag of salt.

  "Is that so? I didn't feel it was heavy at all." Lu Shaoyou himself was puzzled, remembering that he used to not be able to carry it, but now this bag of salt seemed to weigh only about 30-40 pounds on his shoulders, and didn't require much effort.

  "You're really getting stronger." Lu Xiaobai said to Lu Shaoyou, and then the two of them followed a group of servants carrying salt to the warehouse.

  The warehouse is quite a distance from the back door, and as he walked, Lu Shao didn't carefully observe the Lu family's residence last night. Now that he took a closer look, the Lu family's estate was indeed not small, with courtyards connected to each other, gleaming glazed tiles, and this area was just the backyard. The direct descendants of the Lu family all lived in the front courtyard area, which looked grand and spacious from afar.

  At the back door, the old and frail servant Nan Shu sat quietly beside the back door, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally fixed on Lu Shaoyou who was carrying several bags of salt back and forth. His expression was devoid of any emotion, but if someone looked closely, they would not find it difficult to discover that in Nan Shu's eyes, there occasionally flashed a hint of sharpness.

  Lao Gong Ren Nan Shu has been in the Lu family for decades, and his status in the Lu family is not low. He is considered a high-ranking servant among high-ranking servants. His real name is unknown, and everyone calls him Nan Shu, even Zhao Zong Guan has to give him some face. Normally, this old servant Nan Shu just guards the back door and trims the flowers and grass in the backyard. It takes over a thousand bags of salt, dozens of servants, each carrying more than 20 times, to finally move everything to the warehouse, which also takes up an entire morning. By the time they carry the last bag, everyone is exhausted, except for Lu Shao You, who is still full of energy and feels that the more he exercises, the more energetic his body becomes.

  “Cough...” Lu Shaoyou carried the last bag of salt in through the back door, and old servant Nan Shu slowly stood up, suddenly bumping into Lu Shaoyou's body, as if he had been bumped by Lu Shaoyou, and immediately started coughing.

  "Uncle Nan, are you alright?" Lu Shaoyou hastily grasped Uncle Nan's hands.

  "Master Lou, I'm fine." Old servant Nan Shu supported Master Lou's hand and stood firmly.

  "I'll go first, Uncle Nan, be careful." Lu Shaoyou said, feeling the warmth of Uncle Nan's hand, which was like a warm current flowing through his body.

  Lu Shao Yu didn't think much of it and continued on his way to the warehouse. Lu Xiao Bai said, "This afternoon there's nothing else to do."

  "Huh, strange, how did it become like this? The move was broken through, yet it's still the yin-yang body." Gazing at Lu Shaoyou's back, Old Servant Nan muttered to himself.

  "You can't become a warrior, what's the point of having martial skills?" After finishing lunch, in Lu Shaoyou's room, Lu Xiaobai gazed at Lu Shaoyou and said.

  "I'd like to see if there's a way to get it." Lu Shaoyou said.

  "I'm just a servant, how could I possibly get martial arts skills? However, I do have a manual of external martial arts that was left behind by someone who lived with me. He's been back home visiting his family for the past few days." said Lu Shaoyou.

  "Bring it here and let me take a look." Lu Shaoyou said, this outer sect martial skill is also a martial skill, might as well take a look.

  "Alright, I'll send it over later," said Lu Xiaobai.

  One afternoon, Lu Shaoyou had nothing to do, and everyone in the Lu family treated him as if he were invisible. One afternoon, Lu Shaoyou also strolled around the backyard, of course, it was just the backyard, the front yard where the direct descendants of the Lu family lived, Lu Shaoyou's identity as the young master of the Lu family could not enter.

  In the late afternoon, Lu Xiao Bai brought a small booklet, which was some external martial arts skills. At this time, his mother also returned home, looking tired. Seeing her exhausted face, Lu Shao Yu's heart ached too. It seemed that his mother had not had an easy day today, and he must change everything as soon as possible.

  The mother and son talked for a while before Lu Shao Yu returned to his own room, opening the martial arts manual that Lu Xiao Bai had brought back.

  After flipping through it, Lu Shaoyou couldn't help but feel greatly disappointed. This outer sect martial skill was simply the "Tathagata Divine Palm" from his past life, which cost two cents per copy. It was fundamentally impossible to cultivate an extraordinary divine ability with this. There were only some simple moves on it, and reading them was useless.

  "What does it take to become a warrior?" Lu Shaoyou muttered to himself, he had to change his fate, and first of all, at the very least, he must make himself a warrior.

  "How can you, who are about to die soon, still want to become a warrior?" Just then, a mosquito-like voice sounded in Lu Shaoyou's ear.

  "Who is it...?" Lu Shaoyou stared around the room in surprise. There was only one person in this room, himself.

  "If you don't want to die, come to the woodshed, and don't disturb others." This voice continued to whisper in Lu Shaoyou's ear before disappearing.

  Lu Shao felt that this voice seemed somewhat familiar, hesitated for a moment, and decided to go to the woodshed. It was related to his own life and death, no matter whether it was true or false, he had to go. This person could speak in his ear without being detected, definitely a person with great abilities.

  Taking advantage of the night, Lu Shaoyou quietly made his way to the woodshed. The woodshed was not far from where he lived, and at this late hour, there was no one around. When Lu Shaoyou arrived at the woodshed, he carefully looked around and found that there was no one outside.

  "Don't just stand there, come in quickly." That voice once again spoke beside Lu Shaoyou's ear.

  "Who could it be, or is it a ghost?" Lu Shaoyou plucked up the courage to push open the door of the woodshed. As he looked into the dim night, he saw a familiar figure: "Uncle Nan, how come it's you?"

  At this time, Lu Shaoyou looked at the old servant Nan Shu, completely unlike the old and decrepit appearance in the daytime, his eyes were spirited, with an invisible aura, only his face was slightly pale.

  "It's quite strange, if I hadn't seen you grow up and knew that your heart is kind, I wouldn't have bothered to come and save you." Old servant Nan Shu gazed at Lu Shaoyou and said.

  "Nan Shu, what's wrong with me? Why do I feel like you're different from before?" Lu Shaoyou asked.

  "You're already at death's door and you still don't know it." The old servant said to Lu Shaoyou.

  Lu Shao's puzzled old servant Nan Shu immediately looked himself up and down, saying: "No way, I'm fine, Nan Shu, don't joke around."

  The old servant, Nan Shu, chuckled and said: "I'm just kidding, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..."

  As the old servant Nan Shu's word fell, Lu Shaoyou was in a state of confusion, and suddenly two currents of air, one cold and one hot, burst forth inside his body, as if they were going to destroy his internal organs.

  "Ah……" Lu Shaoyou was about to let out a miserable cry, but before the sound could escape his lips, he saw a flash of movement in front of him. Suddenly, Old Nan, the elderly servant, appeared in front of him as if by magic. Then, with a few quick taps on his chest and abdomen, the two massive flows of energy inside Lu Shaoyou's body dissipated and calmed down.

  "Didn't I tell you?" said Old Nan.

  "Nan Shu, what's going on? You have to save me!" By this time, Lu Shaoyou was convinced that the old servant Nan Shu must be a legendary strongman, hiding in the Lu family. The two streams of air flowing within his body seemed to be caused by those two demonic pellets.

  "Come with me." Old servant Nan Shu looked at Lu Shaoyou and walked to a corner of the wall in the hut, pressed something in his hand, and suddenly a secret underground room appeared under the corner.

  Lao Bao Ren Nan Shu also ignored Lu Shaoyou's surprised expression and walked into the secret room by himself. Lu Shaoyou, still in surprise, followed him into the secret room as well.

  A faint "click" sound, the secret room door above had already closed. Inside the secret room, wherever Lu Shao looked, there was nothing except for a stone bed.